Raise your hand if you've ever cried over a K-drama before! Okay, now that that's out of the way, here are some of our favorite picks for sobbing it out (...
By @cu2701 (“Dramaddictally”)
In 2019 I left my home of six years due to social unrest. The ongoing violence between the protestors and the military had made my neighborhood unlivable and,...
Fancy a stoic marshmallow as your drama hero? You're in luck, because most dramas love the tsundere hero who's a surly porcupine on the outside, and hot fudge on the...
So, what are we all watching this week?
What kept you reaching for more (or agonizing when there was no more), and what made you want to throw your remote...
Korean dramas are brimming with tropes and plot devices, and they often revolve around illnesses or injuries sustained by leading characters. From the skinned knee or sprained ankle that necessitates...
If you've been watching Korean dramas for any amount of time, chances are you have encountered some criticism in the shape of them being equated to "soaps." And, if you're...
As the Dramabeans team was voting on this year's Editors' Picks, I was eager to see which shows and actors would emerge victorious. There are as many opinions as there...
You can only pick one: Platonic drama friendship
by DB Staff
You can only pick one, and boy the pressure is on. The DB team will answer a new prompt in each post, and you're invited to do the same in...
Tags: Dal-li and Gamjatang, Hospital Playlist, Hospital Playlist 2, Just Between Lovers, Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim, Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim 2, Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim 3, School 2013, Twenty Five Twenty One, You can only pick one
You can only pick one: Piggyback scene
by DB Staff
You can only pick one, and boy the pressure is on. The DB team will answer a new prompt in each post, and you're invited to do the same in...
Tags: Bulgasal: Immortal Souls, Just Between Lovers, Mr. Sunshine, The Secret Life of My Secretary, Today's Webtoon, You can only pick one
You can only pick one: Drama with the best OST
by DB Staff
You can only pick one, and boy the pressure is on. The DB team will answer a new prompt in each post, and you're invited to do the same in...
Tags: Dal-li and Gamjatang, Happiness, Hwayugi, It's Okay to Not Be Okay, Just Between Lovers, Me Too Flower, Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People, You can only pick one
Five drama recommendations… for when you need to sob it out
by DB Staff
Raise your hand if you've ever cried over a K-drama before! Okay, now that that's out of the way, here are some of our favorite picks for sobbing it out (...
Tags: Come Here and Hug Me, Dear My Friends, Drama recommendations, Gaksital, Just Between Lovers, Move to Heaven
[K-drama therapy] The comfort of shared survival
by Guest Beanie
By @cu2701 (“Dramaddictally”) In 2019 I left my home of six years due to social unrest. The ongoing violence between the protestors and the military had made my neighborhood unlivable and,...
Tags: Just Between Lovers, Theme of the Month
Five drama recommendations… with tsundere heroes
by DB Staff
Fancy a stoic marshmallow as your drama hero? You're in luck, because most dramas love the tsundere hero who's a surly porcupine on the outside, and hot fudge on the...
Tags: Boys Before Flowers, Drama recommendations, Falling for Innocence, featured2, Just Between Lovers, True Beauty, You're Beautiful
Team Dramabeans: What we’re watching
by DB Staff
So, what are we all watching this week? What kept you reaching for more (or agonizing when there was no more), and what made you want to throw your remote...
Tags: Bulgasal: Immortal Souls, Just Between Lovers, Let Me Be Your Knight, Our Beloved Summer, Snowdrop, The King: Eternal Monarch, The One and Only, What We're Watching, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim
Transplant tropes: How K-dramas use health crises as storytelling devices
by missvictrix
Korean dramas are brimming with tropes and plot devices, and they often revolve around illnesses or injuries sustained by leading characters. From the skinned knee or sprained ankle that necessitates...
Tags: Cross, editorial, Falling for Innocence, I'm Sorry I Love You, Just Between Lovers, Shark, Summer Scent
Don’t call my K-drama a soap
by missvictrix
If you've been watching Korean dramas for any amount of time, chances are you have encountered some criticism in the shape of them being equated to "soaps." And, if you're...
Tags: Boyfriend, editorial, Flower Boy Next Door, Just Between Lovers, Memories of the Alhambra, Nine: Nine Time Travels, W–Two Worlds, You From Another Star
[2018 Year in Review] Editors’ Picks
by stroopwafel
As the Dramabeans team was voting on this year's Editors' Picks, I was eager to see which shows and actors would emerge victorious. There are as many opinions as there...
Tags: Beauty Inside, featured2, Hundred Million Stars From the Sky, Hwayugi, I'm Not a Robot, Just Between Lovers, Life on Mars, Memories of the Alhambra, Mr. Sunshine, My Ajusshi, My ID Is Gangnam Beauty, Thirty But Seventeen, year in review, year in review 2018